...is being sick. :( I had to come home from work tonight because I felt so ick. Now I might have to work 3 nights in a row.... :( I'm going to hydrate and try to go to sleep.....
Until.............................
Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Enough Already!!
I am officially non-compliant. That's what we in the medical field call people who don't follow medical directions. I can't take it anymore though!! I'm not taking my Augmentin anymore! I'm sick of feeling sick and even worse it always hits me at night and then I don't sleep very well. That can NOT happen. I have one week left of classes and then finals. I refuse to be feeling icky because of a stupid antibiotic! It's not all that bad though, because she actually gave me a few extra days of it to "make sure we get it all". I've already had a full 8 days in me. I don't need the other two. I'm feeling a little better now, so I'm moving on with my day as usual. I did miss church this morning though. :( Stupid medicine!
I'm supposed to be going to a movie and dinner with some girlfriends tonight, so hopefully I continue on the road to recovery and am able to go. I feel fine other than some pesky GI issues every once in awhile. I know....TMI. So yea, if I end up going I'll do a movie review and such when I get home. I know you all just LOVE when I do that. :)
Oh, before I forget...Shoutout to my friend Rach who just graduated from college yesterday! Holla!!!! She definitely saw the "official" light at the end of the tunnel. For me... it's still just a speck.
Ok, well stay healthy people. Summer is just around the corner I can feel it! 70+ degree weather here we come!!!
Until........................
I'm supposed to be going to a movie and dinner with some girlfriends tonight, so hopefully I continue on the road to recovery and am able to go. I feel fine other than some pesky GI issues every once in awhile. I know....TMI. So yea, if I end up going I'll do a movie review and such when I get home. I know you all just LOVE when I do that. :)
Oh, before I forget...Shoutout to my friend Rach who just graduated from college yesterday! Holla!!!! She definitely saw the "official" light at the end of the tunnel. For me... it's still just a speck.
Ok, well stay healthy people. Summer is just around the corner I can feel it! 70+ degree weather here we come!!!
Until........................
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Survival and Side Effects....
Oh my...I am so glad this week is almost over. I have completed my second to last clinical day on Ortho. Hal-le-lujah! Bones are definitely not my forte. Today was a wild and crazy day and I am so glad it is over. I won't bore you with the details, but let's just say I was the energizer bunny today (and I think my batteries are in need of replacement).
Only 2 more weeks (well only one if you don't count finals) and then I am off for the summer. VACATION!!!!!! I'm so excited. Even though I'll be working 3 twelve hour shifts I'll still have some time off, and I won't have to study. Bonus!!! If I can just survive a couple more clinicals and lectures I'll be home free. Oh yea, and the finals....can't forget those.
The good news is that I don't have to be to my community clinical until 10 tomorrow, so I get to sleep in a little. I'll need it... I'm running on small amounts of sleep this week....which leads me into my next topic.....
Sunday night was AWFUL!!!! Small Group was great, as usual, but when I got home I was getting some stuff done and neglected to eat a little something when I took my medicine at 8:45. I've never had any of the side effects on that long list of "things to know" when they give you a medicine at the pharmacy before (Except for Codeine when I got my wisdom teeth out. That drug did some wicked things to me.) Anyway....so I didn't eat anything and when I got into bed at 11:15-ish I was feeling kind of Ick. I thought it was because I was tired. I always feel sick when I need to sleep. So I crawled under the covers and was ready to go to bed. Weeelllll.... that didn't happen. When the slip of paper the pharmacy gave me said "May cause sever GI distress...." they weren't a kiddin'! It was ridiculous! I lay in utter discomfort and agony for 30 minutes! When I was horizontal I felt like I was gonna vomit all over, so I rushed to the bathroom only to discover that being vertical helped with my nausea. Go figure.... well it wasn't that simple, but about 20 minutes later I was propped up in my bed shivering like a leaf from the awful side effects that just upset my body. Needless to say I did not get very much sleep. It was just that one episode and then my body was able to relax and semi-sleep. Didn't really help me that I had a test Monday either. No siree! Today I woke up feeling kind of ick (and I rarely eat much on clinical days anyway...not sure why) so I opted to just skip my AM dose so I wouldn't be forced to eat and feel even more sick. So far so good with the PM dose. I ate something with it, so I should be good to go.
Well, I know you are totally riveted by my storytelling of school and feeling ill, but I need to go to bed, because I'm exhausted. Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!!! I'll be working on my paper again.... I know... you wish you were me. Don't be too jealous..............
Until..........................................
Only 2 more weeks (well only one if you don't count finals) and then I am off for the summer. VACATION!!!!!! I'm so excited. Even though I'll be working 3 twelve hour shifts I'll still have some time off, and I won't have to study. Bonus!!! If I can just survive a couple more clinicals and lectures I'll be home free. Oh yea, and the finals....can't forget those.
The good news is that I don't have to be to my community clinical until 10 tomorrow, so I get to sleep in a little. I'll need it... I'm running on small amounts of sleep this week....which leads me into my next topic.....
Sunday night was AWFUL!!!! Small Group was great, as usual, but when I got home I was getting some stuff done and neglected to eat a little something when I took my medicine at 8:45. I've never had any of the side effects on that long list of "things to know" when they give you a medicine at the pharmacy before (Except for Codeine when I got my wisdom teeth out. That drug did some wicked things to me.) Anyway....so I didn't eat anything and when I got into bed at 11:15-ish I was feeling kind of Ick. I thought it was because I was tired. I always feel sick when I need to sleep. So I crawled under the covers and was ready to go to bed. Weeelllll.... that didn't happen. When the slip of paper the pharmacy gave me said "May cause sever GI distress...." they weren't a kiddin'! It was ridiculous! I lay in utter discomfort and agony for 30 minutes! When I was horizontal I felt like I was gonna vomit all over, so I rushed to the bathroom only to discover that being vertical helped with my nausea. Go figure.... well it wasn't that simple, but about 20 minutes later I was propped up in my bed shivering like a leaf from the awful side effects that just upset my body. Needless to say I did not get very much sleep. It was just that one episode and then my body was able to relax and semi-sleep. Didn't really help me that I had a test Monday either. No siree! Today I woke up feeling kind of ick (and I rarely eat much on clinical days anyway...not sure why) so I opted to just skip my AM dose so I wouldn't be forced to eat and feel even more sick. So far so good with the PM dose. I ate something with it, so I should be good to go.
Well, I know you are totally riveted by my storytelling of school and feeling ill, but I need to go to bed, because I'm exhausted. Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!!! I'll be working on my paper again.... I know... you wish you were me. Don't be too jealous..............
Until..........................................
Sunday, April 27, 2008
I'm still here....
I know you all were probably wondering where I've been the last couple days, so I thought I would post real quick and let you know I was still alive. :) I did get kind of sick again Wednesday and was pretty icky on Thursday so I bit the bullet and decided some medicinal intervention was needed other than the OTC Tylenol for Sinus. I wanted to just call the doctor and have them order me an antibiotic since I knew I had a sinus infection, but NOOOO they couldn't do that... I'd have to go in for them to prescribe me something. So after an exhausting day of shopping with the sistas (fyi...not a good idea when you don't feel that great) Holli drove me to the doctor's office. I sat in the waiting room for 10 minutes only to be back in the exam room 5 minutes. This is including the nurse obtaining my vital signs and writing down my symptoms, me waiting for the Nurse Practioner to come, the NP actually coming in and assessing me, us chatting for a minute, her telling me I had sinusitis (which I already knew) and then me leaving. FIVE MINUTES!!!! Seriously?!?!? She ordered me some Augmentin and told me to get like 20 other over-the-counter meds and sent me on my way. It took me longer to get to the office than it did for my visit. Cost me more too...yikes! Oh well....I'm on the road to revocery now. I have two days worth of antibiotics in my system and I'm sort of starting to feel like a real person again. Hopefully I'm in tip-top shape by Tuesday for clinical. I do NOT want to have another repeat of last week.
So, yea....that's pretty much what I've been up to. I had study group this afternoon and then small group right after that. Oh, I also went out to eat with a bunch of people from church after morning service. We went to Chili's. Yum! I think we all pretty much got sick off of the chips before we got our meals though. :) Our waitress was a funny little southerner. She kept things entertaining and she was very good with refilling our drinks and getting us things. Our lunch was also paid for by an "anonymous" person. Isn't that nice?? It's so nice to when people do random things like that.
OK, I really should be getting to bed, because sick people need their sleep and I have a test in the morning. One last thing..... Shout out to my sis Lisa on her 27th Birthday!! HOLLA!!!!! Love ya!
Until...............................
So, yea....that's pretty much what I've been up to. I had study group this afternoon and then small group right after that. Oh, I also went out to eat with a bunch of people from church after morning service. We went to Chili's. Yum! I think we all pretty much got sick off of the chips before we got our meals though. :) Our waitress was a funny little southerner. She kept things entertaining and she was very good with refilling our drinks and getting us things. Our lunch was also paid for by an "anonymous" person. Isn't that nice?? It's so nice to when people do random things like that.
OK, I really should be getting to bed, because sick people need their sleep and I have a test in the morning. One last thing..... Shout out to my sis Lisa on her 27th Birthday!! HOLLA!!!!! Love ya!
Until...............................
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Anticipation...
If your ears haven't already tuned you in (I know...but that was just too easy) I have changed my playlist. Not forever, so if you are heartbroken that you won't be able to listen to my previous songs don't worry...they will be back in a week. I changed my playlist to all Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban songs because I am going to be seeing them both in concert on Tuesday night! Woohoo!!! So enjoy the tunes, and if you don't like this new playlist see the pause button below to read without background music and tune in again after Tuesday.
Well, I am still sick. Yesterday was horrible! I woke up and couldn't decide if I wanted to throw up, pass out or die. I ended up doing none of those. Instead I pushed through and went to school to observe my scheduled surgery. It's only by the grace of God that I made it through that 2 hour procedure and 1 hour in the PACU without doing any of the aforementioned catastrophes. I wasn't so much nauseated anymore i was just aching all over and felt so tired. I ate a little at the luncheon and as soon as my instructor arrived I asked if I could leave. After she told me "You don't look very well. You look kind of pale" I got to leave and go home. Due to the fact I wanted out of there so bad I refrained from telling her I was naturally pale all the time. I headed home and collapsed into bed for the rest of the day. I don't think I've ever felt so heavy before. Luckily, I felt better today. I wasn't 100%, but definitely much better. I got a little bit of a late start, but I got to the grade school at a little after 9 (would have been 9, but I got stuck by a stupid train!). I lasted until about 1:30, and then I was too tired, so I left to get lunch and came home. I have since been pretty productive. I wrote my surgery paper, made a hair appointment for next week, and finished my community paperwork. My nose is basically the only thing giving me fits now. My throat is sore off and on, but that's because of drainage, and I think I've inhaled about 10 lbs of kleenex dust. Don't you hate that? And my nose is getting raw, as if I didn't have enough problems already.
Tomorrow (if I am still feeling well) I am headed off to find a shirt/top/sweater-thing to wear on Saturday for my church directory picture. Let's hope I find something cute.... I might also browse a bookstore too. It's my new favorite thing to do and I'm gonna do it till they kick me out for sniffling too loud! :)
Alright well, my little body still needs a little more rest, so I will be back later this week. A lot of studying needs to be done this weekend, so don't look for anything to exciting in the update area. Sorry people... you're lucky I love you all so much to update tonight when I'm still sick. Enjoy the new music and have a good rest of the week.
Until.........................
Well, I am still sick. Yesterday was horrible! I woke up and couldn't decide if I wanted to throw up, pass out or die. I ended up doing none of those. Instead I pushed through and went to school to observe my scheduled surgery. It's only by the grace of God that I made it through that 2 hour procedure and 1 hour in the PACU without doing any of the aforementioned catastrophes. I wasn't so much nauseated anymore i was just aching all over and felt so tired. I ate a little at the luncheon and as soon as my instructor arrived I asked if I could leave. After she told me "You don't look very well. You look kind of pale" I got to leave and go home. Due to the fact I wanted out of there so bad I refrained from telling her I was naturally pale all the time. I headed home and collapsed into bed for the rest of the day. I don't think I've ever felt so heavy before. Luckily, I felt better today. I wasn't 100%, but definitely much better. I got a little bit of a late start, but I got to the grade school at a little after 9 (would have been 9, but I got stuck by a stupid train!). I lasted until about 1:30, and then I was too tired, so I left to get lunch and came home. I have since been pretty productive. I wrote my surgery paper, made a hair appointment for next week, and finished my community paperwork. My nose is basically the only thing giving me fits now. My throat is sore off and on, but that's because of drainage, and I think I've inhaled about 10 lbs of kleenex dust. Don't you hate that? And my nose is getting raw, as if I didn't have enough problems already.
Tomorrow (if I am still feeling well) I am headed off to find a shirt/top/sweater-thing to wear on Saturday for my church directory picture. Let's hope I find something cute.... I might also browse a bookstore too. It's my new favorite thing to do and I'm gonna do it till they kick me out for sniffling too loud! :)
Alright well, my little body still needs a little more rest, so I will be back later this week. A lot of studying needs to be done this weekend, so don't look for anything to exciting in the update area. Sorry people... you're lucky I love you all so much to update tonight when I'm still sick. Enjoy the new music and have a good rest of the week.
Until.........................
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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